Racing News: September 3 Morning Report

Mary Cain on Fifth Avenue; Flanagan's Berlin preparation.

Mary Cain to Do the Fifth Avenue Mile in NYCThe news that Cain will do the September 13 road mile comes from comments her coach, Alberto Salazar, made to the Oregonian and clears up some questions about the teenage star. She'd been expected to do some European racing after winning the 3000 at the World Junior Championships in Eugene but did not do so. Salazar decided Cain wasn’t in peak condition for Stockholm’s Diamond League meet, and that she then didn’t want to miss days of classes at the University of Portland. More

Shalane Flanagan Likes Her Benchmark Workouts for BerlinFlanagan’s 2:22:02 in Boston in April was the fastest American woman’s time ever at that marathon; she told Stride Nation that her workouts for the September 28 Berlin Marathon are superior to what she did pre-Boston. Flanagan believes ultra-flat courses like Berlin require the same turnover again and again without reprieve; that’s what she’s trying to simulate in training. More

Nicole Chyr Is Overall Winner of Kauai MarathonChyr had been the women’s champion of this Hawaiian race in 2013. In Sunday’s humid contest, she built up enough of a lead to hold off the first male finisher, Hidemasa Goya of Japan, by 1:06 in 3:00:24. Chyr is the first woman to be Kauai’s overall champion. More

Africa Will Be Middle-Distance Powerhouse at Continental CupThe Cup is a season-ending meet in Marrakech, Morocco on September 13 and 14. In some of the men’s running events, this may seem like an intramural meet for Africa. They’ll have Nijel Amos and Mo Aman in the 800, Asbel Kiprop and Ayanleh Souleiman in the 1500, and 1-2 finishes are a strong possibility. The women’s team includes Eunice Sum in the 800 and Genzebe Dibaba in the 3000. More

In the Steeplechase, Evan Jager Was a Quick StudyJager’s affinity for the 3000-meter steeplechase was almost immediate; he’s now the American record holder in the event. Pascal Dobert, a former national champion who is the Bowerman Track Club’s steeplechase coach, told RunBlogRun that he and head coach Jerry Schumacher realize they’ll probably never have again have an athlete who learned an event so fast at such a high level. More

Carl Lewis Will Coach Full-Time at the University of HoustonLewis, a nine-time Olympic gold medalist, had been an assistant at his alma mater in the last academic year but now he’ll have a staff job working with sprinters and jumpers. He’ll be an assistant to head coach Leroy Burrell, who was his teammate as a professional. More

Brenda Martinez Wins a 1500 in ZagrebAt the IAAF World Challenge in the Croatian capital on Tuesday, Martinez, who still divides her time between the 800 and 1500, won the latter race in 4:05.46, while fellow American Gabriele Grunewald took fourth in 4:06.58. More